Loan Policies

Students, faculty, and staff of Nova SBE may check out material from the library at no cost. Borrowers assume responsibility for items on their accounts.

Loans must be taken out personally. Users are not allowed to take out documents under another user's name

Items must be checked out at the circulation desk or self-loan machines before leaving the library

Users must ensure that materials checked out are returned or renewed on or before the due date (8 p.m.)

Books may be renewed up to 2 times (if no other reader has requested them). Short loan collection books may not be renewed

Short Loan Collection (with a red dot on the spine of the books) may be checked out from one day to another. These books are due the following day after check out by 8 p.m. in order to ensure maximum availability.

Reference and AV materials (directories, dictionaries, encyclopedias, law compilations as well as CD and DVD) are for in-library use only.

Renewals may be done online, or e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Teresa & Alexandre Soares dos Santos Library). Any electronic request implies an e-mail notification that the request has been received and processed.

Book reserves are only allowed for items checked out.

Periodicals may not be borrowed

Sanctions for the Return of Items After the Due Date

If library items are returned after the deadline, users are subject to a delay fine, according to the Table 1 below.

Users with pending fines cannot borrow items from the Library

Lost Items | Not Returned Items

Items are considered "lost - not returned" if more than 4 weeks late. These items may still be returned to the library and the replacement charge will be removed from the account. However, late charges will still apply

If users lose library items, they are responsible for the cost of replacement plus a processing fee of 5€

If items are returned after 4 weeks overdue, the replacement cost will be eliminated from the user's account, however, it will still be subject to a sanction

If it is not possible to assign a market price to the lost items, a default charge of 50€ per lost item will be charged to the user

If negotiated with the library, and after payment of the fine and the processing fee a copy of the missing item may be accepted as a replacement

Requests for the Annulment of Sanctions

Users may request the annulment of the sanction applied for non-compliance, through a duly substantiated request to the head librarian

The decision will be communicated to the requestor via email

Table 1

Day late

General Collection

Recommended books

1

0,50 €

2,50 €

2

1,00 €

5,00 €

3

1,50 €

7,50 €

4

2,00 €

10,00 €

5

2,50 €

12,50 €

6

3,00 €

15,00 €

7

3,50 €

17,50 €

8

4,00 €

20,00 €

9

4,50 €

22,50 €

10

5,00 €

25,00 €

Users: Undergraduate, Masters, & Graduate Students

Books: 10 day loan

Short Loan Collection (Recommended Books): 1 day (day of loan until 8 p.m. next day)

Limit of 5 items from the General Collection and 2 items from the Short Loan Collection

Users: Faculty

Books: 30 day loan

Short Loan Collection (Recommended Books): 1 day (day of loan until 8 p.m. next day)

Limit of 10 items from the General Collection and 1 items from the Short Loan Collection

Users: Teaching Assistants

Books and Periodicals: 15 day loan

Short Loan Collection (Recommended Books): 1 day (day of loan until 8 p.m. next day)

Limit of 10 items from the General Collection and 1 items from the Short Loan Collection